This Chapter provides for the creation of the Yap Islands Planning Commission and the Outer Islands Planning Commission, defines their functions and powers and provides with respect to their internal organization. The Commissions shall have such functions and duties as are assigned to them by the Land Planning Act and as are otherwise delegated or assigned to them by law.

This Act makes provision with respect to the creation of mortgages and consequences of such mortgages.

This Chapter provides with some selected issues in relation with land use planning and control.

This Act specifies rules relative to the writing, transfer, foreclosure, etc. of a deed of trust and defines legal consequences and proceedings in relation with the creation or foreclosure of a deed of trust. A transfer in trust of an estate in real property may occur to secure the performance of an obligation or the payment of a debt.

The purpose of this Act is to establish a loan security programme for starting or expanding feasible, small-scale businesses in the State in support of the State public sector reform program and so as to enhance development of the private sector small businesses. Transfer of title in real property may be requested to back up security for loans.

This Act concerns the definition of a coordinate system for purposes of land survey in the State of Yap. The Chapter also gives some indications for a valid survey but does not require a purchaser or mortgager to entirely rely on the defined system. The Chapter also prescribes penalties for the offence of interfering with survey marks.

The purpose of this Act is to provide for the establishment of a Yap State Board for purposes of registration of land surveyors so that land surveys and maps for public record purposes may be attested by the registered surveyor who performed or supervised the work. The Act defines the practice of land surveying and defines prohibited practices.

This Federal Law guarantees the traditional rights of sparsely distributed indigenous peoples to protect their natural habitats, traditional ways of life, economic activities and fishing and hunting rights.

La presente Ley modifica la Ley de tierras fiscales provinciales en el sentido de incorporar el Punto V, el cual regula el procedimiento relativo a la sanción de todo asentamiento ilegal que se produzca, así como a las demandas judiciales que podrá interponer el Estado provincial a efectos de recuperar las tierras fiscales ocupadas.

This Act provides rules relative to the carrying out of excavations, quarrying of mines and landfill operations and the control of such activities affecting the soil and landscape.

This Law regulates land expropriation for public use purposes.The Council of Minister shall expropriate land totally or partly for public purposes such as: the construction of manufacturing institutions, highways, pipelines sewerage canalizations; and mining and extraction from underground reservoirs.Compensations shall be provided for land expropriation and they shall include: the price of lan

This law ratifies the United Nations Convention to combat desertification in those countries experiencing serious drought and/or desertification, particularly in Africa, which was signed on behalf of Greece on 14 October 1994 (article 1 of the present law).